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[speed6_dude]

Lot of you guys coming from a vw to a speed... I also had a vw Jetta gli lagoon blue great car loved ever minute of it... but for some reason i got the bug for a two seater and started looking around, found a 2004 Black chrystler xfire with black and red leather interior! Took it home about two weeks later i was miserable in this car (sad2) i love sedans, so i went looking again! drove 2 houre to atlanta to a mazda / saab dealer looking at a 9-3 aero loved the car really fun to drive... when i was pulling back in the parking lot noticed two mazda 6 sedans that just looked different then the rest so i stopped to look! A red and black 2006 mzpd6 (thumb) no idea what that car was! So i took the black one for a drive loved it except i was not having another black car, so we went inside to discuss pricing there on the showroom floor was another 2006 wwp speed6 gt that one was mine. The 07 speeds were out so the 06 speed were 30% off! It was saturday night so two days later i went to pick it up, bought it right off the floor never even drove it! On the way home i just sat in the drivers seat and smiled for the entire 2 hour drive with the music up loud!

 

[Kyodai]

MS6 was always on my mind...

I just got my Titanium Gray '06 MS6 just 2 days ago!

I had actually come close to purchasing one on several occasions, but was having trouble finding one in good shape. Some were obviously abused, some had horrible road rash, or less-than-nicely kept interiors. Over the last year or so, I have driven 6 or 7 Speed 6's and just could not find "the one".

I really loved my '04 RX-8 (got it for a steal, and under warranty) but recently had a brand new baby boy, and I live in Colorado--sooo.... not the best car for me any more! Started looking into more family-appropriate cars without giving up too much in the giggle department (just 'cause you're a dad, doesn't mean you can't have fun)!

I was looking at TSXs and TLs, Legacys, Audis, the whole gambit, when I saw this Speed sitting on the lot. Got a closer look at it, and it was just about perfect! I took it to a good friend of mine who is a mazda tech...he checked it out over the course of a few hours, and told me :"This is by far the nicest used Speed6 I have ever seen." I agree, as it just seemed to pull harder than all the others I had driven, and didn't have a bunch of rattles and squeaks...beautiful paint, etc.

Still lots of warranty left, and since I had tons of equity in the RX-8, the numbers worked beautifully. Got the gap, extended bumper-to-bumper and my payment actually went down!

So, I sold it to my wife as a family car :"look how easy it is to get the carseat in and out honey!" and "It's AWD honey--much better in the winter!".
"It gets better MPG than the RX-8 too!"


I have yet to actually dip into the boost with her in the car lol!

 

[Tender Vittles]

My 00 Civc was paid off about 2yrs ago. I loved that car and practically ran in into the ground. When the clutch and syncros started to go...again, I figured it was time to look around. Ive always known about the Speed6 but figured it was out of my range. When I started to look at new cars I thought I wanted a VW GLI. Due to my crap credit I thought Id be stuck with the Honda for the forseeable future. On a whim I called Carmax to find out if I could qualify for financing and guess what... Ended up talking to a salesman over the phone and told him to ready the GLI and that id be there in an hour.

Rolled up to the dealership, walked in and my baby was sitting right there in the showroom as is fate was giving me a healthy bitchslap. I told the salesman Id be test driving the Speed first. After a white knuckle test drive in which the salesmans spincter contracted so tightly you couldn't pull out a greased b.b. with a bulldozer, I had him popping blood pressure pills like Skittles.... and I fell in love.

After working out the numbers I figured out that the downpayment would leave my bank account uncomfortably low, and being in an all commission field thought the risks outweighed the benefits, i left the dealership in my sh*tbox, dejected with love in my glazed over eyes.

I told myself that as soon as I goosed my bank account abit more Id go back and buy it. But I figured that by the time that happened my baby would be cheating on me and sleeping in a strangers garrage. Especially since it was such a steal... it was an 06 loaded minus Nav with only 5k on the odometer, shrink wrap still on the door sills and priced at 20k!!!

Alas, FOUR WEEKS, a huge commission check, and FOUR hours at the dealership later she was in my driveway and the object of envy by all my salivating neighbors.

Did I mention they gave me 1700 in trade for my s*** box with a bad clutch, shot syncros, 150k on the odomeeter and not one boy panel untouched by collision repair.... it was meant to be.

The first day on the ride to work I had some dude pull up next to me and seriously say "dude, ya know that car is fast as hell" no s*** bra.

After relaying the story to my coworkers we took to affectionately calling her the "Red Rocket".

 

[speed6_dude]

Great story Tender... It made me wanna cry!

 

[Tender Vittles]

You and me both brotha. I get a lil misty everytime I go for a drive!!

Plus, nothing beats almost giving your salesman a stroke.

 

[speed6_dude]

I know i took mine for a drive down interstate 75 in atlanta traffic doing 90 with plenty more power left... he finally admitted he was pretty nervous and asked me to slow down, my dad was in the back seat laughing!

 

[Tender Vittles]

Nice!! On my test drive I tooled around surface streets for a minute, and being unfamiliar with the area, I asked the salesman where the closest on-ramp was. I got some B.S. from the guy about not going on the highway, i kinda muttered "ok your funeral" under my breath, downshifted and mashed the gas. Those little veins on his temples promptly started to bulge.

 

[Reyan]

Strange, but I didn't see my car untill it was time to drive it home, I walked into the dealership sat with the manager and agreed on numbers, then i told him to get the loan approved,I left and went home, next morning he calls me and said your approved, so I had my wife dropped me off at the dealership signed the paper work and drove to work, praying not to get any stone chips on the highway. When I got to work my boss came out and took my car for a lap across town, he liked it, only complained I didn't get a GT.

 

[Gmac03]

Was in the market for a new car seeing that my g/f blew up her Pontiac GrandAm GT. I own two Infiniti G20's, one heavily modded, one lightly modded daily driver. I gave her the DD and went looking for a new ride. I test drove a white MS6 with 20k miles on her. I knew the salesman so I was going to get a decent deal at around 18 grand for it. I figured I would be really impressed by it, and I was, but the car is more refined than I needed. I'm really drawn to a car that is a bit more basic. Has really good performance, stiff handling, more of a ruff around the edges car. Now the MS6 would of been nice for my hour and half commute to work, but when it came down to it I just couldn't pull the trigger and went with a MS3 sport.

Bottom line the car just never gave me a rush and with the questionable AWD, like I said I just couldn't pull the trigger. Not that the AWD is bad, but for a car that was only made for one year and it was a new AWD system I had my concerns.

A great GT or sport tourer, but just not enough punch for me.

Gmac

 

[taz speed6]

My MS6

I was an owner of a 04 M6 5spd with many mod's. I Loved the car. When I heard that Mazda had Turbo Charged it, I just had to check it out. I went to the dealer I worked at and got the key from a friend, my brother in-law was with me and we took on the highway, let me just say; he needed a new pair of underwear by the time we got back to the dealer. I was able to work out a great deal and off I drove, GREAT CAR!!!